Johnston House & Marine Reserve

Sunday dawned beautiful and sunny, once the frost melted, so we went into Half Moon Bay to visit the Johnston House - the first home built in HMB in 1853, in the classic England "salt box" style. The house had been abandoned, but was rescued in 1962, and a massive renovation project took place. The house was built of local native redwood, and was still in plumb when restoration began. They give tours of the house every Saturday, but neither Lee or I had ever been there. They were having their annual Holiday House Botique, so we not only got to tour the house, but see lots of lovely handmade items for sale

Donna and I outside of the Johnston House

The Johnson House is also known as the White House of Half Moon Bay

Salt Box style construction

After the tour, we wandered around Half Moon Bay for awhile, then headed back to Moss Beach. There was a minus tide, so we decided to go down to the beach, where we found that tons of people had the same idea! The beach looks so different with all of the rock formations exposed, and it's a great time for searching for sea glass!

Searching for sea glass! Donna is on the right, I'm bending over searching through the rocks.

Donna, hard at work! We actually found quite a bit of sea glass!

This shot shows how far out the tide is! The kids would have loved it!

Another shot

We thought this was a hoot! Faithful friend, guarding boots and hat!